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title: "Glue You Can Break Using Microwaves"
description: "I know it sounds crazy, but that’s what crazy ideas are about. It may be possible to break the adhesion of a new (imaginary) kind of glue by energizing the glued materials using specific microwaves or …"
image: https://deterministic.space/glue-break-using-microwaves-og.png
url: https://deterministic.space/glue-break-using-microwaves.html
author: "Pascal Hertleif"
date: 2010-02-05
categories: ["idea","hardware"]
---

# Glue You Can Break Using Microwaves

I know it sounds crazy, but that's what crazy ideas are about. It may be possible to break the adhesion of a new (imaginary) kind of glue by energizing the glued materials using specific microwaves or some other non-fatal radiation. This way one may develop a glue that can be quite strong but also easily removed.

I came up with the idea when I saw earlier this week that the ear tips of my in-ear headphones are becoming kind of loose and I was going to lose another pair if I wouldn't glue it in some way.